numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I've all ready paid for my funeral
Bury me in the garden
- Thread starter Accy cyclist
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classic33
Leg End Member
You'd have the car to clean afterwards though!
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
No I wouldn't, I'd be a wee bit deid!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I quite like the idea of being buried in the garden. I'd rather that than pay thousands to some shiesters.
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
It's good to have a laught, we all need one but the fact that this could be happening as folks can't afford to bury their loved ones is very sad.
classic33
Leg End Member
classic33
Leg End Member
Garden Burial
It is possible to bury a loved one in your garden. The law is contained in the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880. A person who knows the circumstances of the death and has a lawful certificate of the cause of death must first register a death with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
It is then necessary to obtain consent from the local authority to enable the burial to take place. A body comes within the definition of "clinical waste" and as such cannot be disposed of except under the provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 and the Environment Protection Act 1990. A licensed operator is usually needed but a local authority may waive the requirement in special circumstances. Remember it is a criminal offence to dispose of "controlled waste" otherwise than in accordance with the Acts. Before you consider such a burial stop and THINK what you would do if you ever decided to move!
Ashes
These can be freely scattered in the garden or buried in a container eg.under a favourite tree.
Headstone
So long as they are not too near a highway or over a certain height, planning permission is not needed to put up a headstone in a garden.
From http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/gardenburial.html
Comforting to know that you'll be regarded as "waste" afterwards.
It is possible to bury a loved one in your garden. The law is contained in the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880. A person who knows the circumstances of the death and has a lawful certificate of the cause of death must first register a death with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
It is then necessary to obtain consent from the local authority to enable the burial to take place. A body comes within the definition of "clinical waste" and as such cannot be disposed of except under the provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 and the Environment Protection Act 1990. A licensed operator is usually needed but a local authority may waive the requirement in special circumstances. Remember it is a criminal offence to dispose of "controlled waste" otherwise than in accordance with the Acts. Before you consider such a burial stop and THINK what you would do if you ever decided to move!
Ashes
These can be freely scattered in the garden or buried in a container eg.under a favourite tree.
Headstone
So long as they are not too near a highway or over a certain height, planning permission is not needed to put up a headstone in a garden.
From http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/gardenburial.html
Comforting to know that you'll be regarded as "waste" afterwards.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
I probably will as well. Mum and dad prepaid theirs and as dad passed away recently, it took away so much worry and planning, it was a very thoughtful thing for them to do.
£2600, collection of the body from hospital, preparation, ensuring the deceased is available at the chapel of rest, coffin, hearse, 8 seater limo, service, cremation, a civil celebrant, spreading of ashes, all the myriad of other minor things like paperwork etc etc.
Organising a funeral with a directors help is hard enough, let alone doing it on your own.
Ive always said, light heartedly, take me to the top of White Horse hill, let me admire the view...then push me off when its my time.
But, knowing how important a good send off is to family...you gotta do it properly.
Co-op for dad...and a bloomin good job tney did too.
OP
OP
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I Suppose those public health funerals just do the basics? An elderly women i knew died earlier this year,i went to the funeral parlour and asked if i could see her but they wouldn't let me saying that she hadn't been "made up". I said i'd come back when they'd put her make up on but they seemed embarrassed to tell me that there wouldn't be any make up as the cost didn't allow for it. I said i didn't mind seeing her as she was but then they said "oh it's a closed coffin anyway".Probably no shroud either?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
I haven't received the invitation yet
I'll be sending my butler.
Have you decided when?Mr WD is going to be buried in the field. He just doesn't know it yet. The deeper, the better
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
classic33
Leg End Member
One little slip Up!
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Aw, very sad.
It won't be a cock up by the sound of it.
